56And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.


In Context

53 And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

54 And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.

55 And when he was dead, all the men of Israel that were with him, returned to their homes.

56 And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.

57 The Sichemites also were rewarded for what they had done, and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them.

Judges 9:56 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God requited the crime of Abim'elech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:56and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:56Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers: